Mutsuzluk bulaşıcı bir hastalıktır. Zavallı ve mutsuz insanlar daha kötü olmamak için birbirlerinden uzak durmalıdırlar.
Mantık, kuşkusuz iyi şeydir, ama olup olacağı bir mantıktır ve insanın düşünme gereksinmesini gidermekten öteye geçemez; oysa istek yaşamın ta kendisidir, hem de en basit davranıştan yüce mantığa kada...
Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.
La ce bun să mai numărăm zilele, cînd e de ajuns una singură pentru ca omul să cunoască pe deplin fericirea!
It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.
It is not time that matters, but you yourself
It is in just such stupid things clever people are most easily caught. The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler...
It is almost better to tell your own lies than somebody else's truth; in the first case you are a man, in the second you are no better than a parrot!
Is there a living man in the country? cried the Russian hero. I cry the same, though I am not a hero, and no one answers my cry.
Is it not I myself who am to blame, instead of them?
Indeed, there is nothing more vexing, for instance, than to be rich, of respectable family, of decent appearance, of rather good education, not stupid, even kind, and at the same time to have no talen...
In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden-the demon of rage, the demon of lustful heat at the screams of the tortured victim, the demon of lawlessness let off the chain
In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.
If there is God, then the will is all his, and I cannot get out of his will. If not, the will is all mine, and it is my duty to proclaim self-will.Self-will? And why is it your duty?Because the will h...
If it can’t be decided in the affirmative, it will never be decided in the negative. You know that that is the peculiarity of your heart, and all its suffering is due to it. But thank the Creator who...
If he noticed a female convict with a baby in her arms, he would approach, fondle the baby and snap his fingers at it to make it laugh. These things he did for many years, right up to his death; event...
If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake That will be punishment as well as the prison.
If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions.
I've been sitting here now, and do you know what I was saying to myself? If I did not believe in life, if I were to lose faith in the woman I love, if I were to lose faith in the order of things, even...
I would gnaw, gnaw at myself with my teeth, inwardly, secretly, tear and suck at myself until the bitterness finally turned into some shameful, accursed sweetness.